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Definition of 'Cross-country'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (adj.) cross-country
directed or proceeding over fields, through woods, etc., rather than on a road, track, or run:
a cross-country race.

2. cross-country
from one end of the country to the other:
a cross-country flight.

3. (n.) cross-country
a cross-country sport or race.

Etymology: (1760–70)

Definition of 'Cross-country'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (adverb) cross country
a long race run over open country

2. (adverb) cross-country
not following tracks or roads
"they liked to race cross-country"

3. (adverb) cross-country
across the countryside
"the river runs cross-country"; "the road runs cross-country"

Definition of 'Cross-country'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (adjective) cross-country
from one side of a country to the other
a cross-country trip; to drive cross-country

Translation of 'Cross-country'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: across fields etc, not on roads a cross-country run.
Afrikaans: deur die veld	Arabic: عَبْر الحُقول، خارِج الطُ	Bulgarian: през пресечена местност
Brazilian: trilha	Czech: přespolní	German: querfeldein
Danish: terrænløb; terræn-	Greek: εκτός δρόμου, ανώμαλος	Spanish: campo a través
Estonian: murdmaa-	Farsi: صحرایی	Finnish: maasto-
French: à travers champs	Hebrew: עוֹבֵר דֶרֶך הַשָׂדוֹת	Hindi: क्षेत्रपार
Croatian: kros utrka	Hungarian: terep-	Indonesian: lintas alam
Icelandic: víðavangs-	Italian: attraverso la campagna, p	Japanese: 田野横断の
Korean: 크로스컨트리스키의	Lithuanian: kroso	Latvian: kross
Malay: merenrasi desa	Dutch: veld-, terrein-	Norwegian: terreng-; gjennom terreng
Polish: przełajowy	Persian: صحرایی	Pashto: صحرایی
Portuguese: de corta-mato	Romanian: peste (câmpuri)	Russian: по пересечённой местности
Slovak: cezpoľný	Slovenian: čez drn in strn	Serbian: kros
Swedish: [som går] genom terrängen	Thai: การแข่งขันไปตามเส้นทางในช	Turkish: açık arazi üzerinden, tar
Taiwanese: 越野的	Ukrainian: такий, що проходить навпр	Urdu: كهلى دوڑ
Vietnamese: đi băng đồng	Chinese: 越野的
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'Cross-country' - Nearby Entries
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